University Senate

In addition to serving as the legislative body for the University of North Dakota, the University Senate also provides a mechanism for constructive dialogue between faculty, staff, students, and administrators. And, through its committees, the University Senate provides the structure through which these four groups collaboratively govern the institution.

The Senate meets on the first Thursday of each month during the academic year at 4:05 p.m. in Room 113 of the Education Building. All are welcome to attend Senate meetings.

Recent Accomplishments

Adoption of a process to create a faculty senate, with constitution and by-law development to occur in Fall 2015.

Adoption of a resolution to support retaining NDUS legal counsel and internal auditing functions.

Upcoming Events/Issues

First University Senate meeting of the 2015-16 academic year is Thursday, September 3.

July University Senate Executive Committee meeting: Thursday, July 23, noon -- 2:00 p.m., Gamble 130. The agenda is available here.

Internal Faculty Travel/Scholarly Activity Funding Report

An ad-hoc committee of the Senate Executive Committee has recently gathered information regarding internal funding availability for the scholarly activities of UND faculty. The following link provides a summary of the results from a survey of UND faculty regarding this issue.

Budget 101

The University Senate's Budget, Restructuring, and Reallocation Committee, under the leadership of chair Margi Healy, offered three "Budget 101" sessions during the Spring 2015 semester to help inform faculty and staff about the budget model that will be in use at UND in the near future. This Model for Incentive-Based Resource Allocation (MIRA) will entail a significant shift in how resources are allocated to the colleges at UND. The link below is a podcast of the information presented at the Budget 101 sessions.

Faculty Senate Proposals

Since the fall semester of 2012, the University Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Shared Governance has been developing and revising proposals for a faculty senate at UND. This process, already well into its third year, has involved widespread input from across campus. The links below allow access to the proposal at various stages in its development. Each revision incorporates feedback generated by the previous version.

USAT Committee Final Report

The University Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the University Student Assessment of Teaching has submitted its FINAL REPORT. Please consider the recommendations they make, and look forward to continued discussions about this topic in the months ahead.